Boot open light
04-06-2018, 12:47 PM
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had this issue pop up recently and initially i thought it was wiring, to the trunk actuator and then to the lock assembly.
got a new actuator from Honda first and soon realized that wasn't the problem, and found out the pin switch for the S2000 was in the lock assembly, so got a lock assembly and when i installed it didn't fix the problem.
started thinking where else is there a pin switch, the doors but they have their own dash light, and i remembered i had an alarm installed when i bought the car and they installed a pin switch for the front hood, and sure enough it broke off after 12 years. taped it down as a quick fix and voila, light was gone.
got a new actuator from Honda first and soon realized that wasn't the problem, and found out the pin switch for the S2000 was in the lock assembly, so got a lock assembly and when i installed it didn't fix the problem.
started thinking where else is there a pin switch, the doors but they have their own dash light, and i remembered i had an alarm installed when i bought the car and they installed a pin switch for the front hood, and sure enough it broke off after 12 years. taped it down as a quick fix and voila, light was gone.
10-05-2021, 12:50 PM
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Boot Open Light
Assuming its the light on the dash board you are refering too, that tells you the boot it open - and you are sure it is shut properly.....
There is a latching switch inside the boot opening mechanism (with the solinoid that opens the boot lock). This same swicth turns on both the boot interior light and the dash light. So unless you have some specific earth fault in the dash light circuit then aswell as your dash light being on, your interior boot light is too, you just don't know it.
Most likely the latching switch is stuck in the closed (on) position all the time, or there is some earth fault at that location.
Try giving the whole switch housing a few taps, see if that clears it. If not I suppose you are into a new solinoid/switch module.
If you don't care about having a boot light or the dash warning light you could cut the Blue&Black wire that connects to terminal 3 of the solinoid unit.
You may wish to remove your interior boot light bulb until you get this sorted.
There is a latching switch inside the boot opening mechanism (with the solinoid that opens the boot lock). This same swicth turns on both the boot interior light and the dash light. So unless you have some specific earth fault in the dash light circuit then aswell as your dash light being on, your interior boot light is too, you just don't know it.
Most likely the latching switch is stuck in the closed (on) position all the time, or there is some earth fault at that location.
Try giving the whole switch housing a few taps, see if that clears it. If not I suppose you are into a new solinoid/switch module.
If you don't care about having a boot light or the dash warning light you could cut the Blue&Black wire that connects to terminal 3 of the solinoid unit.
You may wish to remove your interior boot light bulb until you get this sorted.
I guess that means I don't know where the solenoid is either. How do i find that?
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